Pearl Harbor's Hidden Heroes: The 18 Medals of Honor Awarded for Bravery in the Hawaiian Islands During World War II: 1941, 1942, and 1945 - Jones U. S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retire
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"[This book] tells the stories not only of the recipients of those Medals of Honor but also the story of the special Medal of Honor Congress authorized in 1946 for Brigadier General William "Billy" Mithcell to reward him for his prewar advocacy of airpower, the weapon used against the United States on 7 December 1941 and by both the United States and Japan during the crucial Battle of Midway in 1942." --

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"[This book] tells the stories not only of the recipients of those Medals of Honor but also the story of the special Medal of Honor Congress authorized in 1946 for Brigadier General William "Billy" Mithcell to reward him for his prewar advocacy of airpower, the weapon used against the United States on 7 December 1941 and by both the United States and Japan during the crucial Battle of Midway in 1942." --
Autorenporträt
Colonel Charles A. Jones, US Marine Corps Reserve (Retired), is from Greensboro, North Carolina. He attended Oak Ridge Military Academy, Wake Forest University, and Campbell University School of Law. Jones joined the US Marine Corps in 1981. He earned a Regular commission and served on active duty as a lawyer in the Marine Corps. Jones left active duty in 1992 to research and to write military history. He joined the US Marine Corps Reserve in 1993. In 2011, Jones retired from the Reserve, completing a total of thirty years in the Regular and Reserve Marine Corps. Jones's knowledge of Oahu and World War II led to his 2002 book, Hawaii's World War II Military Sites. His work has appeared in many different magazines and newspapers. He is an expert on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II and has given several classes and lectures about Iwo Jima and the Oahu attack. Jones now lives in his hometown of Greensboro, North Carolina.